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2007 SESSION


CHAPTER 461
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 18.2-160.2, relating to prohibition on trespassing on public transportation; penalty.
[H 2055]
Approved March 19, 2007

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 18.2-160.2 as follows:

§ 18.2-160.2. Trespassing on public transportation; penalty.

Any person who enters or remains upon or within a vehicle operated by a public transportation service without the permission of, or after having been forbidden to do so by, the owner, lessee, or authorized operator thereof is guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.

"Public transportation service" means passenger transportation service provided by bus, rail or other surface conveyance that provides transportation to the general public on a regular and continuing basis.